Oh my heavens Guido Fawkes authoritative source for this supposed rule is the website of some Rent2Rent setup. The source is cityboroughhousing.co.uk/renting-your-r…

Red kite intruding on coffee break.

Alongside 36 other organisations, we have written to the Home Secretary James Cleverly🇬🇧 urging him to reconsider proposals to fine and imprison people forced to sleep on our streets #CriminalJusticeBill bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

A little unfortunate in a very high profile trial for Trump’s lawyers to subpoena the wrong person… (and then complain to the court about that person’s attitude in their response).

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

Interesting, if doomed, JR arguing that failure by council landlord to make physical changes to a flat as reasonable adjustment for tenant’s disability fell under Part 3 Equality Act, not excluded by Part 4. (Also council had acted reasonably) bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/…

Camden Council secures record fine for illegal flat conversion buff.ly/3xjQBN0

Thoroughly disappointing Monday. No Rapture, so we are stuck with those people, and I’m barely functional with a streaming cold.

Secret home insurance commissions raking in millions for landlords in England and Wales theguardian.com/money/2024/apr…

HC finds Westminster CC’s transfers policy, by treating in-borough requests more favourably than out-of-borough ones, unlawful as it indirectly discriminates against women, as those needing to move borough to escape crisis are disproportionately women.

assets.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/admin/202…

Reforming Renters (Reform) Bill - 'pragmatic' intrusiveness. In which I take issue with Ben Beadle of NRLA on apparent govt amends to the Bill, on the basis that they will clog up courts & require victims of domestic abuse to evidence their abuse to LLs. nearlylegal.co.uk/2024/04/reform…

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Reforming Renters (Reform) Bill - 'pragmatic' intrusiveness. In which I take issue with Ben Beadle of NRLA on apparent govt amends to the Bill, on the basis that they will clog up courts & require victims of domestic abuse to evidence their abuse to LLs. nearlylegal.co.uk/2024/04/reform…